Foot scraper aud brttsh



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HENRY WARREN, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY BEEBE, OF

- HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

FOOT SCRAPER AND BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,859, dated December 4, 1860.

To all whom fit may concern;

Be it known that I, HENRY WARREN, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Scraper for the Feet; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top view of the scraper. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the scraper, showing the movable brushes in two positions.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

The obj ect of this invention is to obtain a boot or shoe cleaner by which mud and dirt may be scraped and brushed off in a much better manner and in less time than can be done with Scrapers hitherto used.

My invention and improvement consists in a novel form and arrangement of brushes for the heel, toe, and both sides of the shoes in conjunction with scraping blades for the soles of the shoes which will be hereinafter described.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, is a stand or frame, of cast metal of a quadrangular shape, and ornamented in a neat and handsome style. B, B, B, are blades which extend across this frame, their edges projecting slightly above its surface, and the edges of these blades should be beveled to a sharp or nearly sharp edge. These blades may be cast with the frame or put into it in a suitable manner afterward.

C C, are spaces which are formed in the front and back part, of the frame A. Into these spaces are secured the brushes C1, C2, one of which is used for cleaning the heel and the other the toe of the shoes. These two stationary brushes C1, C2, may be affixed in the recesses in the frame by screws so that when they are worn out they can be taken out and others used in their stead.

D, D, are brackets which are placed on each side of the frame A, at right angles to the plates B, B, and attached to portions E, E, by bolts a, a, which passup from the under sides of E, E, through slots in these portions. This attachment of the brackets on top of the scrapers B, B, will allow the brackets to slide a limited distance toward or from each other. To these brackets D, D, the curved brushes F, F, are rigidly secured which brushes are so curved that they will accommodate themselves to the sides of the shoe as it is drawn between them. The brackets are acted upon by springs g, g, which are attached to and project up from a bridge piece G, or the spring may be applied to the brush brackets in any other suitable manner, so that they will act upon these brushes and force them toward each other and allow the brushes to yield while the foot is drawn between them, and to assume their former position afterward. The

curve given to the brushes F, F, will readily admit the foot at one end and this curve will cause the brushes to act upon the sides of the shoe under the instep where a straight brush would not touch.

In using this shoe scraper and cleaner the heel is first cleaned on the stationary brush C2, then the foot is drawn backward between the two yielding brushes, which should be placed sufficiently close together that childrens shoes may be cleaned as well as those of older persons, and over the scraping blades B, B, which blades scrape off the dirt from the bottom, while the brushes clean it from both sides of the shoe,4 the toe is then cleaned on the brush C1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim' as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the laterally sliding curved brushes F, F and springs g, g with the brackets D, scraping blades B B and fixed brushes C, C as and for the purposes herein shown and described.`

HENRY WARREN.

Witnesses:

C. W. Cow'rAU, M. M. LIVINGSTON. 

